Led Zeppelin reunion: Fans flog their ticket stubs

Used reunion show tickets going for around £125

Dec 17, 2007
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Led Zeppelin fans are paying up to £125 for ticket stubs from the band’s reunion gig at London's O2 Arena.

The reunion took place last week (December 10) and saw the band play for two hours.

One seller wrote on eBay: “I was one of the lucky ones. This is the ticket from the show 20 million wanted to see."

Another concert goer, posting against the bids, said he saw touts paying “£20 for ticket stubs and wristbands after the gig".

Tony McLearie explained: “It was bizarre - now I know why. But there’s no way I’d sell, no matter how much I was offered."

The rush for souvenirs meant that the ticket stubs were selling for the same value as the tickets themselves, reports the Daily Mail.

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cobbyshambles

Dec 17, 2007

why would anyone want a stub for something that's passed. A hefty amount for lies to the grandkids.

callaby

Dec 17, 2007

i dont know what all the fuss was about with led zeppelin. why hang on to something that happened before most of us were born. and why are the reuniting anyway? because they need the money.

austrian_zeppelin

Dec 18, 2007

@ callaby....here are some answers for you

why the fuss? - because they always were, are and will be the best band in the world. the individual musicians are all in the top 3 of their art and together were so tight they wiped the floor with all of them. and even 75 % of them with Jason in place of his father proved last monday that they lost nothing of their power.

why hang on? - because nothing better came along since. many have tried no one comes near

why reuniting? - because their mentor and friend died last year and his wife asked them to.

they need the money? - they sold more albums than all the bands you have in your music collection put together (over 300 million and counting). even the poorer member (John Paul Jones) is worth over 30 million according to the latest sunday times rich list. their new compilation and dvd sells shedloads and even before this year's rekindled interest due to those releases and the reunion they sold a couple of hundred thousand records a year to a fanbase that's constantly refreshed by young people who find out themselves that Zeppelin is the best band there is.